As Los Angeles faces budget crisis, legal payouts skyrocket
- Posted on June 20, 2025
- By Los Angeles Times
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As Los Angeles faces budget crisis, legal payouts skyrocket

City Atty. Hydee Feldstein Soto has blamed a backlog of cases following the COVID-19 pandemic, juries she says are increasingly antagonistic to municipalities and structured settlements set up by the previous city attorney.